Looking for a one-drill-suits-all approach for maize, fodder beet and turnips, Scottish Contractor of the Year 2025, David Laird from Bellowbank Carbello Farm, Ayrshire, settled on a six-row Kverneland Optima V precision seed drill.
After hiring a single bed, eight-row Kverneland Miniair Nova vegetable precision drill seeder last year to assess the viability of adding onions to its rotation, Norfolk, England-based grower Holkham Emerald has up-scaled its operation for the 2026 season, and bought a 24-row, triple-bed version of the Kverneland Miniair Nova precision planter.
Replacing one of its two, six furrow Kverneland ploughs with a nine-furrow PN has brought greater efficiency for Perthshire, England-based, Fenton Farming.
